N. Sumru Bayin, PhD

GROUP LEADER

Sumru is a stem cell biologist with a long standing interest in studying stem cell diversity and molecular regulation of stem cell behaviors in the brain.

She completed her BSc and MSc in Molecular Biology and Genetics at the Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey) and her PhD in Stem Cell Biology at NYU Langone School of Medicine (New York, USA) in the laboratory of Dr. Dimitris Placantonakis.

She completed her postdoctoral training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, USA) in the laboratory Dr. Alexandra Joyner.

Sumru has received a number of awards including NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00), Sloan Kettering Institute Postdoctoral Research Award and was selected as a 2020 Leading Edge Fellow.


  • Giada Vanacore

    PhD Student (Brain Research UK Studentship)

  • Jens Bager Christensen

    PhD Student (SBS-DTP)

  • Niamh Divers

    PhD Student (BBSRC-DTP)

  • Dr Elena Moradi

    Lab Manager

  • Dr James Bae

    Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Dr Ruoxu Wang

    Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Dr Mohab Helmy

    Senior Bioinformatician

  • Nam Chaisrisawatsuk

    Undergraduate Researcher

  • Ibrahim Genel

    Bioinformatics Intern


Alumni


Amanda Chan (MPhil)

Ryan Smith (Undergraduate Researcher)

Mia Mai Antar (Aspiring Scientist Training Programme)

Cecilia Parra Garcia (MPhil)

Anushka Irodi (Undergraduate researcher)

Meherin Khorshed (Aspiring Scientist Training Programme)